Professional Services
Training & Continuing Education
Peer support training, continuing education, and partner learning events for specialists, organizations, and faith communities across Texas.
PRM provides training that equips peer specialists, faith community volunteers, organizational staff, and recovery advocates with the skills, ethics, and frameworks needed to provide excellent recovery support.
Our training is rooted in lived experience, grounded in best practices, and designed to be immediately applicable — whether you're a certified peer specialist, a church volunteer, or an organizational leader.
Training We Offer
Core Peer Support Training
Foundational training aligned with Texas peer specialist competencies — ethics, boundaries, documentation, role clarity, and recovery support skills.
Faith-Based Recovery Training
Training for faith community leaders, volunteers, and peer ministers on integrating faith and recovery support principles.
Trauma-Informed Care
Understanding trauma's impact, trauma-informed communication, and creating safe recovery spaces.
Organizational Training
Training for staff, volunteers, and leadership at recovery residences, nonprofits, churches, and treatment providers.
Online & Telehealth Training
Virtual training options available for individuals and organizations statewide across Texas.
Partner Training Calendar
Training events from PRM partner organizations — expanding access to quality continuing education across the recovery field.
Please note: Some trainings listed on this page are offered through other community organizations and partners — not directly by Prodigal Road Ministries. We share these resources to help connect you to quality learning opportunities across the Texas recovery community.
Core Peer Support Training: PRM does not provide Core Peer Support Training, as we are not a licensed Core Peer Support Training entity. However, we are happy to connect you with trusted providers:
Contact us if you need help finding the right training pathway.
CEU Opportunities
Upcoming continuing education events and resources for Texas peer support professionals.
"Pirates of Recovery: Charting New Waters"
Nationally recognized keynote presenters, workshops for LCDCs, ADCs, Prevention professionals, Criminal Justice workers, and Peer Recovery Support Specialists. Over 800 participants annually.
Full-day workshops and evening Peer Cafe sessions for certified Texas peer specialists. Options include Enhancing Optimism, Emotional Wellness, WHAM, and more. PAIR Network package available for full recertification (20 CEU hours including 3 ethics).
University Health — Trauma-Informed Care Trainings
Free virtual trainings from the Institute for Trauma-Informed Care — May & June 2026. Certificates of attendance provided.
Professional development trainings for peer providers, counselors, and recovery support staff.
Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care
Creating a Thriving Community
Discovering We Are Resilient
Adverse Childhood Experiences with Communities in Schools
Implementing Trauma-Informed Care Principles
Building Community Resilience
Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care
Building Community Resilience
Adverse Childhood Experiences with Communities in Schools
Implementing Trauma-Informed Care Principles
Adverse Childhood Experiences — ESC-Region 20
Creating a Thriving Community
Discovering We Are Resilient
RecoveryPeople — CEU Events
Free CE-eligible trainings from RecoveryPeople — peer-centered, lived-experience-informed, and designed for the Texas recovery workforce.
Professional development trainings for peer providers, counselors, and recovery support staff.
Peer Support Ethics in Action
Explore practical ethical dilemmas using a structured decision-making model. Case studies, breakout discussions, and guided reflection on boundaries, power dynamics, and the Texas Peer Specialist Code of Ethics.
Cost: Free
Showing Up Through Trauma: A Peer Centered Approach
Explores trauma through a peer-centered lens — common trauma responses, grounding strategies within peer practice, and recognizing personal activation while maintaining ethical, role-aligned support.
Cost: Free
Trauma-Informed Conflict Resolution and Communication
Examines how assumptions, interpretation, and past experiences contribute to escalation in peer settings. Practical trauma-informed communication strategies for safety, clarity, and relational repair.
Cost: Free
Mercy Gate Ministries — Life Skills Classes
In-person life skills program for women in the Ingram, TX area.
Life Skills Classes
Topics Covered
- Anger Management
- Money Management
- Healthy Decision Making
- Relationships
- Goal Setting
- 60 Hours of Community Service
- And More!
